Overview

• On June 17, Trump directly contradicted Tulsi Gabbard’s March briefing by asserting aboard Air Force One that Iran was “very close” to obtaining a nuclear weapon.
• In her congressional testimony, Gabbard cited the intelligence community’s consensus that Iran is not actively building a bomb and that its nuclear weapons program remains suspended.
• U.S. analysts continue to assess that Iran remains up to three years away from fielding a deployable nuclear weapon despite its expanding stockpile of enriched uranium.
• The White House is weighing how to respond to escalating exchanges between Israel and Iran in the wake of the public rift over Tehran’s nuclear threat.
• Trump’s public rebuke has fueled speculation about Gabbard’s tenure as DNI and intensified scrutiny of her past positions and foreign ties.